07:40 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nUS actor and director Al Pacino is to receive the “Glory to the Film-maker” award at this year’s Venice Film Festival, organisers have announced.<\/p>\n
The prize is given to a film-maker who has left an “original mark” on contemporary cinema.<\/p>\n
The star of the Godfather trilogy joins such previous winners as Sylvester Stallone and Japan’s Takeshi Kitano.<\/p>\n
Pacino, 71, will receive the award on 4 September, ahead of the premiere of his new film Wilde Salome at the festival.<\/p>\n
The documentary, which explores the Oscar Wilde play Salome, marks Pacino’s third stint behind the camera.<\/p>\n
The Oscar-winning actor, who describes the film as his “most personal project ever”, also plays the role of Herod in the feature.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week he recieved a Tony nomination for his role in a Broadway production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.<\/p>\n
Festival director Marco Mueller called Pacino “an amazing director whose experience is precious and original and enriches the world of contemporary film”.<\/p>\n
The Venice Film Festival begins on 31 August and runs until 10 September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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